[1] A Geelong local, Arklay made his senior debut 1933.
He was a tough and physical player, mostly used on the half back flank and also as a ruck rover.
[2] Arklay left the club after the 1941 VFL season which he had spent as captain.
[1] Arklay later coached in rural Victoria for a number of years at - Casterton, Lascelles, Warracknabeal, Woomelang-Lascelles and King Valley,[3] winning four premierships during that time - Casterton - 1945, Lascelles - 1946[4][5] and 1949[6] and Warracknabeal in 1947.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1914 is a stub.